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F. C; PAYNE.

FOLDING BED.

No. 77,311. IPatentedAp. 28,1868.`

F. C. PAYNE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.,

Letters Patent No. 77,311, dated April 28, 1868'.

IMPROVED lFOLDING BED.

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TO ALL WHOM I'l MAY GONGERN:

Be it known that I, I". C. PAYNE, of the city, county, and State of NewYork, have inven-teda new and useful Improvement in Folding Beds; and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription ofthe saine, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, making a portion of this specification, in which Figure l'isan inverted plan view of a folding bed made according to my invention,showing the same as extended for use. I

Figure 2 is a vertical transverse section of the same, representing thehed as folded lfor transportation or storing.

Figure 3 is a detached view, on an enlarged scale` of one portion of thesame.

Similar2 letters of refcrenceindicate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

The object of this invention is to provide a bed, which may be foldedinto rectangular form without any outwardly-extending or excrescentparts, so that the bed may be conveniently packed either fortransportation or to be simply stored away when not in use. v i

The invention consists in a bed composed 'of a. central and twoend-frames bevelled at their adjacent enas, and connected by slottedhinges, in such manner that they, together with the flexible mattresssupported thereby, may be ren'dily'folded into the form set forth, thuseffectually securing the desired result.

. 'Io enable others to understand the nature and construction of'myinvention, I'Kwill proceed' to describe with reference to the drawings(A showsa central frame of rectangular form, and provided with the twoupwardly-projecting side-pxeces a, the ends of which nre bevelled at anangle ofabout forty-five degrees, as lshown at a' b. The length/,ofthis' central frame should be about twice the entire thickness of thebed, including not only the frame and springs,

but also the mattress forming a portion of the bed.

B represents twoend-frannes, of suitable length, and of a widthcorresponding to that of the central frame A, and furnished in likemanner with side-pieces, indicated at b, the inner ends of theseside-pieees, 'adjacent to the central frame, being hevelled at an anglecorresponding to thellevel of .the ends of the side-pieces of thelatter, :1s shown at c d.

Each of the end-frames B has attached to the inner end of itsside-pieces, b, a plate or lug, c, in which is formed a curved slot, Theextremities of thesc'lugs extend past the adjacentpends of theside-pieces, a, of the central frame, and are attached theeto bybroad-headed screws or pins, d, which are preferably xed to plates (1*,secured in their turn by any suitable means to tho central frame, asshown in fig. 2.

Each of the frames A and B is designed to be constructed with transversebottom slats, c, upon which are arranged suitable springs, g, whichsupport a flexible mattress, C, placed thereon, with its ends attached4to the end-pieces gi of the end-frames.

In order to lit the bed for use, it is only necessary to bring theframes A B in line with eachother, and in a horizontal position, theslots e* in the lugs e of the hinges permitting such movement of theframes as to enable their adjacent ends to come together, as shown infig. 1. l

When it is desired to fold the bed, as for packing away when not in use,or for transportation, the two endi'ranlcs arc turned into n. positionparallel witlreach other, and at right angles to that ofthe elitralframe, the bcvelled form of the ends of the side-pieces of' the severalframes and the slots' c* in tlie hinges enabling the Y central frame tofit nearly or quite across the end of the package formed by thc foldedhed, as shown in iig. 2,

thus scouring thc rectangular form desired, while the length of thecentral frame LA, being twice thc entire thickness of the bed, ashcrcinhefore mentioned, the entire space between the tno end-frames,when thus parallel with euch other, is iilledby the springs, mattress,die., and the bed is thus folded into compact as wclLas symmetrical andconvenient shape, with no portion thereof extending outward in anunsightly rnanner, or forming, as it were, an excrcscence thereon.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

lhe bed, composed of the central frame A and two end-frames B, bevelledat their contiguous ends, and connected by the slotted hinges c cl, insuch manner that, withv the mattress attached thereto, they may hebrought or folded into rectangular form without outwardly-extending or-excrescent parts, substantially as herein set forth.

Witnesses: F- C. lAYNE.

J. W. Coonns, Y A. LE CLERC. y

